Peru

See also: peru, Perú, Perù, Perû, Perũ, Perū, perü, and pēru

English

Etymology

From Spanish Perú, possibly from the personal name Birú, or from the Quechua pelu (“river”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /pəˈɹuː/
  • (archaic, Indiana) IPA(key): /ˈpɪəɹuː/
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uː

Proper noun

Peru

  1. A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Peru. Capital and largest city: Lima.
    Alternative form: Perú
  2. A city in Illinois.
  3. A city, the county seat of Miami County, Indiana.
  4. A township in Miami County, Indiana.
  5. A city in Kansas.
  6. A town in Maine.
  7. A town in Massachusetts.
  8. A city in Nebraska.
  9. A town in New York.
  10. An unincorporated community in Pennsylvania.
  11. A town in Vermont.
  12. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
  13. A town in Wisconsin

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic Перу
Abjad پئروُ

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Declension

    Declension of Peru
singular plural
nominative Peru
Perular
definite accusative Perunu
Peruları
dative Peruya
Perulara
locative Peruda
Perularda
ablative Perudan
Perulardan
definite genitive Perunun
Peruların
    Possessive forms of Peru
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) Perum Perularım
sənin (“your”) Perun Peruların
onun (“his/her/its”) Perusu Peruları
bizim (“our”) Perumuz Perularımız
sizin (“your”) Perunuz Perularınız
onların (“their”) Perusu or Peruları Peruları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) Perumu Perularımı
sənin (“your”) Perunu Perularını
onun (“his/her/its”) Perusunu Perularını
bizim (“our”) Perumuzu Perularımızı
sizin (“your”) Perunuzu Perularınızı
onların (“their”) Perusunu or Perularını Perularını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) Peruma Perularıma
sənin (“your”) Peruna Perularına
onun (“his/her/its”) Perusuna Perularına
bizim (“our”) Perumuza Perularımıza
sizin (“your”) Perunuza Perularınıza
onların (“their”) Perusuna or Perularına Perularına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) Perumda Perularımda
sənin (“your”) Perunda Perularında
onun (“his/her/its”) Perusunda Perularında
bizim (“our”) Perumuzda Perularımızda
sizin (“your”) Perunuzda Perularınızda
onların (“their”) Perusunda or Perularında Perularında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) Perumdan Perularımdan
sənin (“your”) Perundan Perularından
onun (“his/her/its”) Perusundan Perularından
bizim (“our”) Perumuzdan Perularımızdan
sizin (“your”) Perunuzdan Perularınızdan
onların (“their”) Perusundan or Perularından Perularından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) Perumun Perularımın
sənin (“your”) Perunun Perularının
onun (“his/her/its”) Perusunun Perularının
bizim (“our”) Perumuzun Perularımızın
sizin (“your”) Perunuzun Perularınızın
onların (“their”) Perusunun or Perularının Perularının

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [peˈɾu]

Proper noun

Peru (locative)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛru]

Proper noun

Peru n (indeclinable, related adjective peruánský, demonym Peruánec)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Further reading

  • Peru in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Peru in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • Peru in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Proper noun

Peru (n)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Peru n

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish Perú.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈperu/, [ˈpe̞ru]
  • Rhymes: -eru
  • Syllabification(key): Pe‧ru

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Declension

Inflection of Peru (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative Peru —
genitive Perun —
partitive Perua —
illative Peruun —
singular plural
nominative Peru —
accusative nom. Peru —
gen. Perun
genitive Perun —
partitive Perua —
inessive Perussa —
elative Perusta —
illative Peruun —
adessive Perulla —
ablative Perulta —
allative Perulle —
essive Peruna —
translative Peruksi —
abessive Perutta —
instructive — —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Peru (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Peruni —
accusative nom. Peruni —
gen. Peruni
genitive Peruni —
partitive Peruani —
inessive Perussani —
elative Perustani —
illative Peruuni —
adessive Perullani —
ablative Perultani —
allative Perulleni —
essive Perunani —
translative Perukseni —
abessive Peruttani —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Perusi —
accusative nom. Perusi —
gen. Perusi
genitive Perusi —
partitive Peruasi —
inessive Perussasi —
elative Perustasi —
illative Peruusi —
adessive Perullasi —
ablative Perultasi —
allative Perullesi —
essive Perunasi —
translative Peruksesi —
abessive Peruttasi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Perumme —
accusative nom. Perumme —
gen. Perumme
genitive Perumme —
partitive Peruamme —
inessive Perussamme —
elative Perustamme —
illative Peruumme —
adessive Perullamme —
ablative Perultamme —
allative Perullemme —
essive Perunamme —
translative Peruksemme —
abessive Peruttamme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Perunne —
accusative nom. Perunne —
gen. Perunne
genitive Perunne —
partitive Peruanne —
inessive Perussanne —
elative Perustanne —
illative Peruunne —
adessive Perullanne —
ablative Perultanne —
allative Perullenne —
essive Perunanne —
translative Peruksenne —
abessive Peruttanne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Perunsa —
accusative nom. Perunsa —
gen. Perunsa
genitive Perunsa —
partitive Peruaan
Peruansa
—
inessive Perussaan
Perussansa
—
elative Perustaan
Perustansa
—
illative Peruunsa —
adessive Perullaan
Perullansa
—
ablative Perultaan
Perultansa
—
allative Perulleen
Perullensa
—
essive Perunaan
Perunansa
—
translative Perukseen
Peruksensa
—
abessive Peruttaan
Peruttansa
—
instructive — —
comitative — —

Derived terms

compounds

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈʁuː/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uː

Proper noun

Peru n (proper noun, genitive Perus or (optionally with an article) Peru)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Peru” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛru]
  • Hyphenation: Pe‧ru

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Peru —
accusative Perut —
dative Perunak —
instrumental Peruval —
causal-final Peruért —
translative Peruvá —
terminative Peruig —
essive-formal Peruként —
essive-modal — —
inessive Peruban —
superessive Perun —
adessive Perunál —
illative Peruba —
sublative Perura —
allative Peruhoz —
elative Peruból —
delative Peruról —
ablative Perutól —
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Perué —
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Peruéi —
Possessive forms of Peru
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Perum —
2nd person sing. Perud —
3rd person sing. Peruja —
1st person plural Perunk —
2nd person plural Perutok —
3rd person plural Perujuk —

Derived terms

Latvian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Peru f (indeclinable)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)
  • peruānis m, peruāne f

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.ru/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛru
  • Syllabification: Pe‧ru

Proper noun

Peru n (indeclinable)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Derived terms

adjective
nouns

Further reading

  • Peru in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Peru in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

bandeira do Peru

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Perú, possibly from the native name Birú, or from the Quechua pelu (“river”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -u
  • Homophone: peru
  • Hyphenation: Pe‧ru

Proper noun

Peru m

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Derived terms

See also

Rarotongan

Etymology

Borrowed from English Peru and Spanish Peru.

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

References

“Peru” in Cook Islands Languages, 2016.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peru/
  • Hyphenation: Pe‧ru

Proper noun

Peru m (Cyrillic spelling Перу)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Declension

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈperu]

Proper noun

Peru n (genitive singular Peru)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

References

  • “Peru”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Peru n (genitive Perus)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Perú (“Peru”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈɾu/, [pɛˈɾu]
  • Hyphenation: Pe‧ru

Proper noun

Perú (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇᜓ)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)
    • 1980, Yem klamangen benwu tekuy, Summer Institute of Linguistics:
      ...na Kastila naman ang wikang ginagamit sa ibang mga bansang tulad ng Venezuela, Colombia, Ekuwador, Peru, Tsile, Bolibya, Paragway, Urugway, at Argentina. Katulad ng ating bansang Pilipinas, sinakop din ng mga Kastila ang mga bansang nabanggit.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Turkish

Etymology

From Spanish Perú (“Peru”).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Declension

Derived terms

  • Perulu

See also

Turkmen

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Uzbek

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)
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